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TIL New Zealand is free from Rabies.

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W15A TIL that according to the EPA, the economic value of a human life is approximately $7 million.
JYOXV TIL of the Spotlight Effect, a psychological phenomenon where everyone is the center of their own universe, and has a microscope only on their own faults and mistakes. This results in others never even noticing nor remembering what we later regret doing or saying bc they only see their own mistakes.
RWY1 TIL that Alfred Nobel, who stabilized Nitroglycerin, was told by his Doctor to eat NG to treat his heart complications. He refused. Decades later, NG proved to be effective in reducing the blockages that lead to a heart attack. The scientist that discovered this was awarded the Nobel Prize.
W7YNB TIL the Indian city of Vijayanagara was likely the second largest city in the world at the start of the 1500s, with an estimated 500,000 residents. Following a six-month siege, Vijayanagara was abandoned in 1565 and never rebuilt.
gJ8A TIL that Tsutomo Yamaguchi (the man who survived both atom bombs) traveled 180 miles home to return to work despite his intense injuries from the first bomb. When he arrived at work his boss didn’t believe that one bomb destroyed all of Hiroshima. Then the second bomb dropped on Nagasaki.